She got him all set and tucked him in. “Now I don’t want to hear a peep out of you for an hour. Understand?”
“Yes, Mommy,” he said sarcastically. She gave him a kiss on his forehead and we shut off the light and retreated to the dining room. Just as we shut the door, Kevin said, “Peep. Peep. Peep.”
“Wise ass,” Terri whispered smiling.
We sat down at the table and talked for a bit.
I said to her, “You seem pretty settled into town. I thought you only moved here a couple of weeks ago.”
“We did, but Jim and I grew up here in town and lived here until Kevin was about three. He doesn’t remember any of that of course. But we used to come back here all the time any way.
